head unit double din

this head unit come with complete specification. update march 2012.


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what crossover is this?

i found this crossover when i tiding things up. what kind and quality of this crossover, anyone feel free to give a clue. thank you.



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Car Wash Basic Video

Guys, here i found some interesting video for all of you to enjoy. Click here to view it. It talks about washing car technique. Although it is somehow the same with what I wrote but still this is video which of course equip with the visualization to help you get better understanding in washing the car correctly. so enjoy it!
For your information, this video has its section. Follow the link I give you, then in the middle of right side of the side you will probably see the other section of the video. Just click on it if you plan to watch it. It has the section of teaching you how to rinsing the car, find the tools you need when do the washing ritual, how to dressing the tires, anything. Just go with yourselves.
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Car Wash Myth

It's been a while since my last post. Well, talking about car wash myth, there are several things that pop out from my mind. What I know is that we cannot wash car when its body in hot condition, and there are several things that i've been shared at previous post. you can look for it using search engine I provide at up-right corner. the clues is I did tell several things about how you can wash your car exactly, what is the best condition for your car when you need to wash it, what tools you need for washing the car so that it will not damage a lot to your car, what car care product you need to use, which one is the best and which one is recommended. I wrote about what things can be very useful for your car but very damaging for your car body and paint, find it at april archive. So there a lot others, just find it by yourselves. What I'm going to share today is that there is also a knowledge saying that you better avoid washing your car at early evening or evening. It is because when you wash it at that time, the hidden parts of your car is hard to dry up by itself because the surrounding environment is somehow damp. This will lead to corrosion to your car body. things get worse because parts that have high possibility to get corrosion is the hidden parts and this parts somehow slip away from our attention. Then if you have no other time but evening to wash your car, make sure after you wash your car you are able to run it for at least 30 minutes to dry all the car. you can just drive around your home or whatever. the wind and the heat come from the machine can help your car to dry.

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Top Ten Everyday Things You Do That Damaging Your Car #2

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6. Starting Your Car The Wrong Way
It seems simple, but you can make a big difference by turning off your radio, wipers, climate control, all of those accessories, when you start the car. Most of the wear on the engine happens when you start the car, and by turning off those accessories, your engine doesn’t have to work as hard when starting.
Another thing people do is revving the engine in the winter. This actually doesn’t help “warm up” the car. Although it does technically make the engine hotter, it’s not the kind of “warming up” that you want. Revving your engine in the winter causes extreme temperature changes right away, which is actually the opposite of what you want. When you start the car, the oil hasn’t yet worked its way through the system, so the engine is working without lubricant. The right way to do it is just let the car sit and idle for about 30 seconds to a minute at the least.
7. Ignoring Your Car’s Sounds
Every sound your car makes means something, if you pay attention, your car can usually tell you exactly what needs fixing. Those squeaking brakes mean you need new pads, and if you ignore that sound, eventually you’ll hear scraping metal, which means you need new rotors, and if you ignore that, you’ll eventually hear the sound of your own scream as you lose your brakes completely and fly off a cliff in a spectacular fireball of death. It’s more common than you think. Listen to your car.
8. Letting The Interior Go
You’re in a rush again, and you eat most of your disgusting egg and cheese bagel, and toss the rest in the wrapper on the passenger seat. Lovely. You know who you are, your car is filthy, never been vacuumed, 15 air fresheners hang on the mirror, and yet, no air freshener made by mortal man can stop the sickening wind within your car. You need to clean it. If you don’t vacuum your carpets and clean out the garbage every so often, you’ll develop a smell that is impossible to destroy. There will exist smells that are so obscene, so inhuman, that no shampoo can vanquish them. The only way to stop them is to never let them develop. Clean your car!
9. Running Your Car Down To Empty
There’s actually a bit of a debate about this one. The old wisdom says if your car gets down to E, the sediment in your tank will get sucked into the system and foul your fuel injectors. Although some mechanics says thats not true. Either way, running down to E does pose other problems. You cut the life of the fuel pump considerably, since the fuel actually cools the pump.
Little knowledge for you: Most cars can drive another 60 miles+ after they hit Empty, automakers call this extra gas the “buffer zone”. US cars have the largest “buffer zone” of any vehicles. German drivers, for instance, like to know exactly how much gas in is the car, so their “buffer zone” between the gauge’s E and the actual empty tank is much smaller.
10. Driving Past Attractive Women
Admit it! This is a common mistake, especially if you are male drivers. Attractive women can be incredibly damaging to your vehicle, they can cause the driver to install bizarre over-sized woofers or 22 inch rims, or even spontaneously crash the car into a nearby tree or telephone pole. When you’re driving, be careful to avoid swimming pools, beaches, college campuses, anyplace where beautiful girls assemble in any significant numbers. Your car will thank you.

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Top Ten Everyday Things You Do That Damaging Your Car #1

Two thirds of all Americans aged 18-24 cannot find Iraq on a map; 33% couldn’t identify Louisiana; 47% couldn’t find India; 75% think English was the most widely spoken language in the world. People are idiots, and this isn’t a uniquely American phenomenon, it’s worldwide. The majority of human beings on Earth are stone dumb. Being dumb, most people do dumb things, like unknowingly destroy their car. Don't be angry.. Do you agree that you are one among them?
Here I assembled the top 10 everyday things people do that damage their cars, to help guide you through your own stupidity, into the light. Let's check it out.
1. Not Using the Parking Brake
It’s a little pedal near your left leg, or a lever on your right. Yes, that mysterious device that you’ve never used is actually valuable. When you park on an incline, or even on fairly steady ground, without using the parking brake, you’re putting all of the stress of the car on your transmission. The only thing inside that transmission holding your car steady is a little pin called a parking pawl. By using the parking brake, you lock up the non-drive wheels as well as the drive wheels and take the stress off of the transmission. It will add years of life to your cars transmission. Just remember to disengage it before you start driving again otherwise it will become your new stupidity.
2. Not Coming to A Complete Stop Before Shifting
So you’re in a rush, and you pull out of a parking space and shift into drive while the car is still coasting backwards. You’ve just added months of wear to your transmission in seconds. Inside your transmission is a complex set of gears, when you shift without stopping like that, you’re asking those gears to work as your brakes, which puts an amazing amount of stress on such a small area. You can also damage your drive shafts, the things that send power to the wheels, by shifting that way. After a while, it will lead to sloppy suspension handling, and a worn out transmission.
3. Riding The Brakes Down A Hill
If you are driving on a hill that goes on for a while, you’ll want to avoid riding the brake the whole time. Alternate between braking and letting off the brake so you don’t heat up and wear out your brake pads. It’s a common mistake, because it feels like the safest way to maneuver down a hill, but if the hill is sufficiently long, you can end up almost totally wearing out your pads, since as they heat up, they wear faster.
4. Forgetting To Change The Oil
You need to change your oil every 5,000 miles at the most. That’s really all there is to it. I actually read a source that said you can wait until your oil light comes on to change your oil. Do you know.. by the time your oil light comes on, the oil inside your engine has turned into jet black molasses and is of no use to your engine. In the short term, I suppose it’s not that important, but more frequent changes can actually double the life of your car and greatly increase its performance.
5. Pressure Washing The Engine
I can respect a person’s desire to want a clean engine. It gets grimy under there and a guy with a pressure washer is a dangerous thing for grime - you want to point it at anything even slightly dirty. But a grimy engine that runs right is better than a clean engine that doesn’t run at all. And if you spray a high powered jet of water around rubber seals and hoses and electrical bits, you’re bound to dislodge something important. A modern engine is a complex thing, all manner of sensors and wiring harnesses and components, and it’s no place for a jet of high pressure water. A regular garden hose is OK if you want to wash it down, just be careful with the high pressure business.

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BMW EfficientDynamics - to reach optimal effeciency (gas consumption) #2

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-Electronic Power Steering
This technology is common for car like city car or compact hatchback. BMW opinion is it is good alternative to switch it to hydraulic power-steering that give more load to machine. Hydraulic power-steering has efficient work and will cut the power steering system gradually for the steer in high speed. This also can decrease the battery load.
-Gear Shift Indicator
If the gear can be shift at the right time, it can save the mileage significantly. This is not a new invention, but BMW boost the technology and make it perfect so that the technology can read the driver's driving style and adapt the time so that the gear will be shift to highear gear or lower gear at the right time.
-Auto Start-Stop
Every time the transmission shift to neutral mode, the car engine will stop. When it puts to first gear, the engine will start automatically without any delay. But the machine will not stop even you shift the transmission to neutral mode when the machine temperature has not reach the working temperature, charging the battery has not optimal yet, or the Air-Conditioner is not in its desire temperature that has been set.
The engine also will not start even you put it to first gear when you haven't use the seatbelt. This system can be turned off using the button on the dashboard.
-Intelligent Alternator Control and Brake Energy Regeneration
This system use the kinetic power that come out when you decelerate or braking. The power then use to charge the battery. When acceleration, back to alternator that charge the battery. But the alternator will work only when the battery need to charge. This system will decrease the load of the engine.
-Active Aerodynamics
The airflow for radiator is the big air barrier for the car besides it is so important for cooling. BMW designed the Air Vent Control System in front of radiator that will only open when the engine need fresh air. when the ventilation is closed, the air barrier will decrease significantly so that the car will become more aerodynamic.

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BMW EfficientDynamics - to reach optimal effeciency (gas consumption) #1

As one of the premium car manufacturer, BMW keep continuing their innovation to reach better mileage consumption. Together with that, their improving technology also have good side impact for the other components of the car.
BMW EfficientDynamics is the continuity technology system that has relationship between one to each other. These include machine,tyre, power steering, gear shift indicator, until the use of energy that has been thrown away when braking for charging the car battery.
This program is one of the BMW commitment to reduce CO2 until 140g/km. So let's check out the technology that make BMW proud of.
-Machine
This is the main effect to improving the car efficiency. from changing the previous components into light-weight components but still reliable until improving the aerodynamics sectors and sophisticated energy management.
Reducing in machine weight can be done through the combination of thermoplastic material, aluminium, and magnesium alloy. To reduce the friction between each parts inside the machine and transmission, BMW use specific oil. This will reduce the loss of power cause by friction.
4 Cylinder Machine
for gasoline machine, BMW use direct injection that give accurate air and gas composition. For diesel machine, it equip with 3rd generation common-rail injection system. The material from the aluminum that able to reduce the weight for 20kgs. BMW also have 4 cylinder machine that use 2 different size turbo. With 2300cc of capacity, this machine able to boost the power until 204 hp with 19.2 kph gas consumption.
6 Cylinder Machine
for 6 cylinder machine, BMW equip it with 2 small turbo kit but it is enough to give addition for the power but still efficient in gas mileage. For the diesel engine, it has the combination of power, efficient gas consumption, and smooth vibration. The turbo set guarantee the acceleration without turbo lag. In fact, this machine can reach to 5000rpm.
-Tyre with Reduced Rolling Resistance
The flexiness and over-friction to the road will become the barrier for the tyre to role. By using anti-distortion material at the sidewall and tread, it will reduce the flexiness thus decrease the friction and barrier.
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